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Closing date: 31st May 2025Salary: £35,000 plus unsociable hours allowance (+bonus +benefits) &nbsp;This late-shift WMS analyst role, ideal for someone with Blue Yonder experience, offers the chance to help power the distribution behind some of the world’s most celebrated books.Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. We're made up of 11&nbsp;autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We're also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.Our award-winning adult publishing divisions are Orion, which won Publisher of the Year at the 2021 British Book Awards; Little, Brown; John Murray Press; Hodder &amp; Stoughton; Headline; Quercus; Octopus, and Bookouture. They publish fiction and non-fiction in digital, audio and print format, from the world's best and most diverse authors, including Brit Bennett, Candice Carty-Williams, Martina Cole, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Nelson Mandela, Stephenie Meyer, Maggie O'Farrell, Delia Owens, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead, and Malala Yousafzai. Hachette Children's Group publishes a wide and vibrant range of books for children across all age ranges, while Hachette Learning is a market leader in resources for both primary and secondary schools.&nbsp; What you'll be doing<ul><li>As part of a small, dedicated IT team based at the state of the art Hely Hutchinson Centre in Didcot, your primary role is to provide Blue Yonder support to the Hachette UK Distribution team.</li><li>You will be asked to monitor, maintain, and provide support for the Blue Yonder Warehouse Management System, including product configuration. </li><li>You will be expected to work on the support tickets assigned to the WMS team, liaise with colleagues and customers and escalate as necessary to ensure that tickets are actioned and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction as quickly as possible. </li><li>The role is to work the late shift (primarily 2pm to 10pm Monday to Friday) although occasionally you may be asked to provide cover for your colleagues on day shifts.</li></ul>&nbsp; Who we are looking for<ul><li>We are looking for an excellent WMS Analyst with Blue Yonder experience, possessing the ability to work with all levels of the Distribution business and IT.</li><li>You must demonstrate trustworthiness, integrity and honesty and can accept feedback from others positively.&nbsp;</li><li>Hachette Distribution’s business is time critical, therefore you must be able to work to tight deadlines, be able to focus on the present and manage your own tasks accordingly. </li><li>As this role is a late shift role, you will be expected to be a self-starter and manage your time effectively &amp; efficiently.</li><li>A strong understanding of Distribution methodologies, processes, and guidelines, along with a proven track record in a Support or Operational role within an organisation is essential, </li><li>As is the ability to communicate &amp; manage expectations at all levels and have experience of JDA 9.1 Discrete, JDA/Blue Yonder 2019 or 2021.</li></ul>&nbsp; What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)</li><li>Private medical insurance</li><li>Dental insurance</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>The role will be based at our Didcot office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.&nbsp; Our commitmentHachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a>Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

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